Total Crime Rate
86.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Alexander Street area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Bayswater , and the 121st lowest crime rate of 587 local areas in Westminster .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Alexander Street (W2 5NU) in the last 12 months was 86.5 per 1,000 residents and was 57.1% lower than the Bayswater average (201.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -36.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (β 10.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Alexander Street (W2 5NU), the main crime hotspot is near Cirencester Street. Police recorded 119 crimes here, including 57 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bayswater| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chepstow Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westbourne Grove Terrace | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Westbourne Grove Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chepstow Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Chepstow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bott'S Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kensington Gardens Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kensington Gardens Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Westbourne Grove Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westbourne Gardens | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Kildare Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Stephen'S Gardens | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hatherley Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hatherley Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hatherley Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Stephen'S Gardens | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cirencester Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cirencester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cirencester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Stephen'S Gardens | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Westbourne Gardens | Under investigation |
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